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Z0MB1ESLAYER115 t1_it5njrg wrote

So help me make sure I have this all correct. Fetterman wants to just take people who get a felony murder charge ie they were committing a crime with someone else and that other person murder someone, and not give them the death penalty? I can agree with that, assuming everything can and should likely still get the death penalty.

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matt5001 t1_it7a6g8 wrote

Not death penalty, he supports ending mandatory life without parole. One could still be sentenced to life without parole, but it would be at the discretion of the judge like most sentences, not mandatory.

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Z0MB1ESLAYER115 t1_it7afr0 wrote

Ok that's fair

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matt5001 t1_it7av4e wrote

I agree with it too, but it’s kind of a moot point since a US Senator doesn’t have anything to do with PA state law. It was relevant to his past role as Lt. Gov, but nothing he or Oz would have any input on in the US Senate.

Also I can’t see anyone in the state backing a change to the mandatory sentencing law since they’ll be hit with all of the attack ads Fetterman is going through now.

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maxwellington97 t1_it7zyvs wrote

Mandatory minimums are also a federal thing which would be something a us senator can do.

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